Microsoft to Announce Self-Publishing Indies on Xbox One & Dev Kit Spotted

[EChondo]

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/07/24/microsoft-to-announce-indie-self-publishing-new-certification-process.aspx

 

 

Our vision is that every person can be a creator. That every Xbox One can be used for development. That every game and experience can take advantage of all of the features of Xbox One and Xbox LIVE. This means self-publishing. This means Kinect, the cloud, achievements. This means great discoverability on Xbox LIVE. We'll have more details on the program and the timeline at gamescom in August. Microsoft has verified our report. Confirmation has also been provided regarding Xbox One retail consoles serving as developer kits. This is an enormous change to the landscape, and supports the move to allow independent developers to self-publish. 

 

Sweet. One more successful step to more games!

 

Here is the Dev Kit:

 

To be honest....I really like the white...but I'd rather have purple!

 

*Edit

More information on this;

 

Supposedly when you buy the Xbox One, you can use it as a development kit. It won't be available at launch, but Microsoft intends to let everyone that has a Xbox One to turn it into a development kit, but for $150 a year.

 

Source: http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/24/4553946/microsoft-details-xbox-one-indie-self-publishing

 

Interesting stuff. I guess we will see how all this pans out.

[Dudenstein]

I like this. The hardware is opening up to more devs is Definitely a good thing

[CatCloud]

Oh so they changed there minds now, last i heard they said: no publisher? No indies on xbone.

[EChondo]

Oh so they changed there minds now, last i heard they said: no publisher? No indies on xbone.

As far as I know, that was the system.

 

It looks like they indeed changed their minds, again.

[heineygoat]

What if indies decide to develop games for console instead of PC? :( 

[EChondo]

What if indies decide to develop games for console instead of PC? :(

And be on a closed down platform where you have to pay ridiculous amounts of money to update your game?

 

I doubt it. I can see them going to PS4, but they all know they will make tons of money if they go PC, between the Humble Bundle and Steam, there's way more money to be had there.

[Snickerzz]

i like the console in white... XD

[EChondo]

To update.

 

More information on this;

 

Supposedly when you buy the Xbox One, you can use it as a development kit. It won't be available at launch, but Microsoft intends to let everyone that has a Xbox One to turn it into a development kit, but for $150 a year.

 

Source: http://www.polygon.c...self-publishing

 

Interesting stuff. I guess we will see how all this pans out.

 

Updated the OP with this. I guess we will be seeing more and more Indie games on the Xbox One, if people actually use it for that feature, that is.

[colonel_mortis]

And be on a closed down platform where you have to pay ridiculous amounts of money to update your game?

 

I doubt it. I can see them going to PS4, but they all know they will make tons of money if they go PC, between the Humble Bundle and Steam, there's way more money to be had there.

Apparently, MS stopped charging for game updates as of June http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23448632

In June, Microsoft stopped charging developers for updating their games on the Xbox 360 in a sign that it was responding to criticism from the indie community.

But the PC is still a much easier platform to develop for and market on, so most devs will either stick with PC or try their hand at both platforms. It is the PC community which seems to do most of the game marketing too. Obviously some devs will probably switch though, but not too many (hopefully)